Echinopsis macrogona
Echinopsis macrogona (Salm-Dyck) H.Friedrich & G.D.Rowley
- light
- —
- water
- —
- tall
- 3.7 m
- wide
- —
Cactaceae
Formerly Cereus macrogonus, Cereus rosei, Echinopsis peruviana, Echinopsis puquiensis, and 6 more
When it flowers
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
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Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- Succulent treeKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- Desert or dry shrublandKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- W. & S. Peru to BoliviaKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Height
- 2.5 m to 5.0 mRead from Wikipedia, one source
- Flowers
- Yellow, pink, greenRead from Wikipedia, one source
Not known yet: light, spread, water, coldest it survives, heat, hottest it survives.
Where this comes from
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- Wikipedia, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3D model: Echinopsis macrogona (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
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